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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Teeters Larry N BEARHAWK · Shreveport, LA · March 11, 2011

Date
March 11, 2011 · 11:35 local
Place
Shreveport, LA
Airport
Shreveport Downtown
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N10YB
Reported as
Teeters Larry N Bearhawk
Reported engine
Superior XP-360
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,241 total103 in this make and model16 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

While in cruise flight 2 propeller attachment bolts may have backed out and 4 propeller attchement bolts snapped off causing the propeller to depart the aircraft. The propeller landed in a field and the pilot landed the aircraft. No one was injured.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT 2 PROPELLER ATTACHMENT BOLTS MAY HAVE BACKED OUT AND 4 PROPELLER ATTCHEMENT BOLTS SNAPPED OFF CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO DEPART THE AIRCRAFT. THE PROPELLER LANDED IN A FIELD AND THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT. NO ONE WAS INJURED.